I now have a new baby brother. He is officially ours and we are so very thankful. It took the judge about 10 minutes to finalize the adoption (that is very quick).
On the first day they met him, he was afraid of my family. He would tolerate Ian and my mom. He was indifferent towards Alexa, but would not allow Owen or my dad to touch him.
On the second day (after the courtdate), he got upset when my mom initially held him, but finally fell asleep and was comfortable in her arms. Owen was able to touch him, but he is still getting used to my dad. We are slowly making progress.
I could not imagine what is going through his mind, when FIVE people who he has never seen in his life come in and invade his personal space.
Our social worker said that the visits went very well because he is a very shy baby so he did very well under the circumstances.
We made him a picture book with our family inside for him to look at between the first and second trips. I know that he will very soon love to be held by my mom and giggle and laugh when my dad walks in the room.
I don't have much other information so I am going to leave you with tons and tons of pictures!
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| This was one of the first pictures we saw of him! |
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| These pictures were taken in May. |
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| This is one of my absolute favorites! I feel like it shows his personality. |
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These were taken in June.
We received the May and June pictures in our official referral email. |
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| My mom said he has a deep, rumbly laugh! |
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| This picture was from August. |
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| I love his expression! |
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I love my parents so very much and am so thankful for
the amazing example they are to me and my FOUR siblings! |
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| Her two "book ends." |
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| My mom and her FIVE kids (at least in spirit)! |
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My mom loves every single one of her FIVE children.
She has waited a LONG time for this one and I am glad he is finally ours! |
He is so precious! Congratulations to all of you! So much to be thankful for...
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